{
  "id": 1484102,
  "title": "NOAA Publishes Notice of Intent in the Federal Register to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for TMC USA’s USA-B Exploration License Application",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/noaa-publishes-notice-of-intent-in-the-federal-register-to-prepare-an",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-17T12:31:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Financial Post",
    "slug": "financial-post",
    "url": "https://financialpost.com/globe-newswire/noaa-publishes-notice-of-intent-in-the-federal-register-to-prepare-an-environmental-impact-statement-for-tmc-usas-usa-b-exploration-license-application"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The publication of a Notice of Intent (“NOI”) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) represents a key milestone in the transparent regulatory approval process for TMC USA’s USA-B exploration license application The USA-B application area covers ~122,000 km2 of seafloor containing an estimated 1.02 billion tonnes of polymetallic nodules with high grades of nickel, cobalt, […]",
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}